St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-09-26
A VICTIM OF THE RING.
Some Untold Facts Connected
With the Suicide of Charles f.
Meader, Late Treasurer of Win

CoihO OhtOlu FaCtS connected
with the Suicide of Charles e.
Meader, Late Treasurer of Win
neshiek County, Iowa.
To the Editor of the Globe.
From reading our local papers one
would get the impression that all the
money paid in by the taxpayers had
been paid over to the Burlington, Cedar
rapids d Northern railroad, while
Meader swore that he paid the money
to the Chicago, DEBORAH &c Minnesota
railroad company, whose officers there
being no stockholders all reside in this
CITY,. These parties (all leading Repub-
mean polltlcians) knew very well if they
could get the money out of the county
treasury they could at least secure their
snare, % per cent. of the whole amount,
or, what was better foi them, the whole
OF lt-aS the lower court had already
rendered its decision in regard to the IL
legality OF the tax and ordered it paid
Dack TO the taxpayers. Meader, being
only tool" in the hands of the
ring" accepted an indemnifying bond
signed by part of the officers
OF the Chicago, DEBORAH &
minnesota company, and some
outsiders Gin order to give it better
COLOR. and turned over the5money, not
Wlthstonding the fact he had been noti-
1ed by the board of supervisors not to
do SO. In order to have his cash balance
When ne made his report to the board in
June, Meader went to the First National
bank, the headquarters of the Chicago,
DEBORAH d Minnesota Railroad COM
pany, and
GOT A CHECK OF DEPOSIT
for the amount he had unlawfully paid
OUT, and swore that all the money was
IN the treasury or on deposit i'll the First
National bank.
The real facts are: He simply Dor
rowed said check in order to make the
proper showing to the board, and re-
turned it as soon as the board had adj
jOurned. Here is where he made the
mistake. If he mad kept the check
he would not have perjured himself.
Besides, it was equal to the hard cash.
The board of this county consists of
and only by strict party vote was the
tax cancelled-as the ''ring" applied the
party whip to their two stool-pigeOns,
and of course they voted against cam
collation.. If the majority of the board
had been Republicans this tax could
never have been cancelled! Jas the whole
ring" from county attorney to editor,
used every means in their power to pre-
vent the cancellation, the most conSpic-
uOuS in this movement being A. X.
Bailey and County Auditor Daubney.
Does it not look little queer to see
these ring politicians trying to
keep the real facts IN the ease covered
up, and doing their very best to defeat
the taxpayers? Does it not look as if
this crowd
TOOK A coon DEAL OF INTEREST
in the welfare of the Burlington, Cedar
Rapids IL Northern railroad, in signing
the indemnifying bond and getting
others (who were innocent of their
work. to sign it with them? Does it not
look as if they knew what was coming
when the suicide of Meader was tele-
graphed to them (SOme of the leaders in
this scheme being ABSENT? Every one
of them hurried home to be here to de-
fend their regulations. The ring has
run this country, politically and tfnan-
could enter the political kingdom of an
office except through their good graces.
But it is hoped, for the-good of the peo-
pie of this country, that public opinion
has fastened its clutches on their
Threats and will throw them into OBJ
security, from whence they will never
return. All their swearing will never
bring Charles Meader back to life, nor
will it change the public opinion. The
case is too plain.
Johnson and Maltby, the two Republi-
can members of the board, who voted
for the ring against their own convic-
tons, undoubtedly feel that they have
made grievouS error. They have
sense enough to know it is their politi-
cal grave.
The books have just been gone over
by an expert and the cash counted, and
it has come to light that, besides being
led to perjury by the ring. Meader was
also defaulter to the amount of S.
5000. JUSTICE.
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